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Japan - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and RedemptionYou could make a case for California, Hawaii, or the Marshall Islands, but the main point of the books is the POW camps in Japan.
USA (all states, but maybe Washington, DC if I had to pick one)- Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom: North Korea
The Missing Years: Scotland, UK
We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Vermont, USA
Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, & Baking Biscuits: Tennessee, USA
Hope Never Dies: Delaware, USA
The Word Is Murder: England, UK
Homegoing: Ghana
The Missing Years: Scotland, UK
We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Vermont, USA
Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, & Baking Biscuits: Tennessee, USA
Hope Never Dies: Delaware, USA
The Word Is Murder: England, UK
Homegoing: Ghana
USAThe Wedding Date - California
Not a Girl Detective - California
At Briarwood School for Girls - Virginia
Life After Life - California
Japan
Convenience Store Woman
Laura wrote: "The map has been updated through message 420. New location this week:
Libya"
What happened to Brazil?
Stacey wrote: "Laura wrote: "The map has been updated through message 420. New location this week:
Libya"
What happened to Brazil?"
There are some others missing in the map too - those I know of (since I had been looking for books for them) are Germany, Jordan, Sri Lanka, Bulgaria, and Mongolia. Thanks so much for all your tracking for this Laura, I love the map!!
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle: EnglandEverything, Everything: California
Dragonfly in Amber: Scotland
The Book of M: New Orleans
The Odyssey: Greece
The Complete Maus: Poland
Wuthering Heights: England
Artemis: Artemis, Moon
The Girl in the Letter: England
You: New York
Brisingr: Alegaesia
The Immortalists: California
France: The Perfect Nanny by Leïla SlimaniBolivia: Into the Jungle by Erica Ferencik
England: Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
China 18 CranesGermany The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
West Virginia Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Scotland Outlander
Idaho Educated
California Of Mice and Men
England The Silent Patient
Vermont - The Haunting of Hill HouseOK, the author never identifies the location, but the author was living in Vermont and it just seems like Vermont. Not that I've ever been to Vermont.
I finished Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix but I am not sure where it's set. I've seen people listing Harry Potter books as Scotland? But a lot of this one is set in London.
- Historien om fru Berg: Norway- Stolpesnø: Norway
- Song of Solomon: US
- My brilliant friend: Italy
- The talented Mr Ripley: Italy
- En mann ved navn Ove: Sweden
- Det som ikke dreper oss: Sweden
- This way to the gas, ladies & Gentlemen: Poland
- Mrs Dalloway: UK
- Hvis helvete var av is: France
- Fathers and Sons: Russia
Blue - Connecticut, USAHalf of a Yellow Sun - Nigeria
Nightblind - Iceland
All England, UK:
God's Own Country
I Capture the Castle
The Universe Versus Alex Woods
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The map site tends to be very temperamental so it was likely an error of some sort. I believe it now is accurate.
It’s been updated through message 459
No new locations this time.
This was the first update since I switched from a laptop to an iPad. I’m having issues getting the actual preview to load, which means the key is missing. You can see the key if you load the text file.
It’s been updated through message 459
No new locations this time.
This was the first update since I switched from a laptop to an iPad. I’m having issues getting the actual preview to load, which means the key is missing. You can see the key if you load the text file.
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